White River Jct., Vt. —
Steve was predeceased by his stepfather, Walter H. Corbett in 2007. While living in Revere, Mass. Steve was an avid piano player, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and played baseball for both the Little League and his high school before moving to Rochester, Vt. in the summer of 1969. During his last year of high school, he attended the Rochester Junior-Senior High School and continued playing baseball…being a star pitcher and helping his team to the 1970 Championships.
After graduation from High School, Steve continued playing baseball with the American Legion Post #31 and where he also helped bring the team to the championships. Scouts for the Red Sox and the N.Y. Yankees had approached him for a pitching career, but Steve turned them down, wanting to be closer to his family and pursuing a career in the Air Force. As an aircraft mechanic, Steve went to places such as Nicaragua, Vietnam and England when Prince Charles and Diana were married, as well as living in California, Oakland, Texas and Delaware to name a few.
Steve left the Air Force in 1984 and lived briefly in Fort Ann, returning to Vermont in 1986 when he became a home care provider for developmentally disabled folks through Upper Valley Services in Randolph for a couple of years. Steve moved back to Rochester sometime in the early 90’s, purchased and ran Steve’s Video for a few years and became a valuable little league coach…Steve’s sons, Shaun and Joey came to live with Steve during the last few years of their high school during this period. After their graduation, Steve moved from Rochester in the mid 90’s and met and married his wife, Ellen. At that time, Steve was a supervisor for the Price Chopper in Windsor.
Steve’s lifelong dreams were all about baseball – watching and/or playing! If you were to ask him anything baseball related, he would know the answer.
Steve is survived by wife of 10 years, Ellen (Edwards) Corbett of New Ipswich, N.H.; his children, Anita of Fort Ann; Shaun of Rochester, Vt.; Joseph of Williamstown, Vt.; and his two step-daughters, Megan Coull of Keene, N.H. and Sandra Jago of Austin, Texas; as well, his five siblings: Sue Stone, Irene Rich and Cynde Chase of Randolph, Vt., Greg Corbett of Queensbury, N.Y., and Jeff Corbett, who is working between Ohio and N.Y.; as well as nieces, nephews, cousins and seven grandchildren.
Steve was predeceased in 2012 by his brother Mike Corbett formerly of Glens Falls, N.Y.
Arrangements are under the direction of Day’s Funeral Home in Randolph. A small, private reception was held on Sunday, Jan. 15 and a military burial will be in May at the Veteran’s Cemetery in Randolph Center. Online condolences may be left at www.dayfunerals.com.